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Viewers from across the area have sent pictures of as many a three waterspouts in the lake at the same time.
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Viewers from across the area have sent pictures of as many a three waterspouts in the lake at the same time.
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In what authorities described as a natural disaster, Istanbul was inundated with flash floods Tuesday that left people stranded on top of their vehicles and stopped some mass transit services
What started as a midnight shower turned into a heavy rainfall by Tuesday morning in Istanbul, triggering flash floods across the country's most populated city. Rainfall disrupted daily life, leaving motorists stranded in their cars and interrupting metro and bus services during morning rush hour when millions of Istanbulites were struggling to get to work. Authorities described the chaotic scenes as a result of one of the worst natural disasters linked to rainfall in the city in recent memory.
The Directorate General of Meteorology warned Monday of heavy rains and possible flooding, saying that summer temperatures were expected to drop from over 30 degrees Celsius to 20. A few showers hit Istanbul late Monday, before it started to pour rain early Tuesday. The rain reached its height at 8:30 a.m., with huge black clouds covering the sky.
Meteorologists said an amount of "rainfall normally seen in a one-month period" hit the city in just a couple of hours. Doğan News Agency reported it was the most severe rainfall in the past 32 years, with 128 kilograms (282 pounds) of rainwater hitting some districts on the European side of the city. Average rainfall for July so far was 32.5 kilograms per square meter. The flash floods also hit northwestern provinces of Çanakkale, Tekirdağ and Balıkesir provinces.
Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan described the heavy rainfall as a "disaster." He said it took just 90 minutes of heavy rain to create the "extraordinary situation."
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In addition to wars and oppression, climate change alone can effectively force people to flee from their homes swept away by natural calamities. "Climate migration" may therefore become a major challenge for the Western world, triggering an exodus on a completely different scale than the refugee crisis experienced in Europe in recent years.
If not combated effectively, it can force tens of millions of people to flee. Over 26 million people relocated for climate reasons in 2008-2015 alone, according to UNHCR. While the majority of them moved inside their home country, they may eventually cross borders and try their luck elsewhere, preferably in cooler and more stable areas, such as Scandinavia.
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Smoke rises from trees burned by wildfire on a mountain near Montenegro capital Podgorica, Monday
Smoke rises from trees burned by wildfire on a mountain near Montenegro capital Podgorica, Monday
In Croatia, the blazes have spread over several locations along the coast and on the islands, engulfing pine forests and low shrubbery in extremely dry and windy weather.
Near the coastal town of Sibenik, a fire almost reached houses, but firefighting planes managed to stop the flames from spreading any further. Thick smoke has closed down the main road in the area.
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Damage after flood in Cheonan, South Korea
Damage after flood in Cheonan, South Korea
A flood warning was issued for the county when the water level at a local dam almost surged to a maximum 137-point-65 meters, with 54 local residents evacuating. Train operations for North Chungcheong Province were suspended for about five hours on Sunday as part of the train tracks were submerged by heavy rain.
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The carcass, about 22 feet long, had been seen at different local beaches starting Friday. The carcass' state of decomposition made it is difficult to tell how old the whale was or what killed it, Marshfield Harbormaster Michael Dimeo said.
"It was hard to even identify it," Dimeo said.
The harbormaster's office decided to tow the carcass far from shore after considering burying it at Plymouth Beach. Towing it and "letting nature take its course" was the best option, Dimeo said.
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Badakhshan floods, Afghanistan, July 2017 .
Badakhshan floods, Afghanistan, July 2017 .
Afghanistan's Office of the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs (SMDM) said that flooding affected 15 villages three districts of Nusay, Shekiay and Kuf Ab.
Around 250 houses were destroyed and over 100 others left damaged. It is thought that over 300 families have been displaced. SMDM says it is distributing compensation and relief supplies, including food items.
Parts of neighbouring Pakistan have suffered severe flooding since late June. In a report of 04 July, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that at least 38 people had died in flooding across the country since 26 June, 2017.
The victims had shelter under a tree during the rains, sources said adding that lightning struck them and and they died on the spot.
They were identified as Rupesh Kujur (25), Tibrius Tirkey (22) and Sanatan Toppo (13), all residents of Khindalal Toli.
Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri reached the spot and assured compensation to the family members of the victims.
Cpl. Skyler James and another Marine were struck by lightning on July 11 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, the wing announced Monday in a news release. The other Marine was treated at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital and released.
James, of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, was taken to the University of North Carolina Health Center, where he was declared brain-dead on Sunday, said wing spokesman Capt. John Roberts.
This figure is up from 57 deaths between April and June, according to the ministry.
U Win Shwe, director of the Yangon Region Relief and Resettlement Department, told the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar that most of the deaths have been recorded in Bago and Ayeyawady regions between noon and 6pm.
He also said lightning fatalities have risen in Myanmar during rainy seasons since Cyclone Nargis hit the country in 2008.
Comment: Earth changes are happening and they are very real. The absurdity is, however, that these people have things completely backward! Countries should be preparing for such activity, but the unfortunate thing is they are headed in the opposite direction based on corrupt science.